John R. Allen

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News about John R. Allen, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Oct. 30, 2014

Stumbles in the government's handling of Ebola crisis and Islamic State are fueling speculation that Pres Obama may shake up his foreign policy team; Obama has already brought in Ron Klain, former chief of staff to Vice Pres Joseph R Biden, to manage the response to Ebola and Gen John R Allen, former commander in Afghanistan, to marshal the coalition against the Islamic State. MORE

Oct. 4, 2014

Retired Gen John R Allen, American official coordinating international coalition fighting Islamic State, says it will take as much as a year to prepare Iraqi army for campaign to retake Mosul, largest Iraqi city under insurgent control. MORE

Sep. 12, 2014

Obama administration chooses John R Allen, retired Marine general who served as top American commander in Afghanistan, to coordinate international effort against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. MORE

Feb. 22, 2013

Gen John R Allen, retiring senior commander in Afghanistan, gives reflective farewell speech in which he points to American lives lost in Afghanistan and says that sacrifice has been worth it. MORE

Feb. 20, 2013

Gen John R Allen, four-star Marine Corps who served as top commander in Afghanistan, will retire from the military and decline Pres Obama's nomination for him to be the supreme commander of NATO; family health issues are cited as reason for decision. MORE

Feb. 7, 2013

Gen John R Allen, senior American commander in Afghanistan since July 2011, is preparing to leave war that has become as much about damage control and crisis diplomacy as fighting Taliban. MORE

Jan. 23, 2013

Jan. 3, 2013

Gen John R Allen, senior American commander in Afghanistan, has submitted military options to the Pentagon that would keep 6,000 to 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan after NATO mission ends in 2014. MORE

Nov. 28, 2012

Pentagon officials investigating extensive correspondence between Gen John R Allen and Tampa socialite Jill Kelley narrow their focus to 60 to 70 e-mails that they say bear further scrutiny. MORE

Nov. 14, 2012

Tampa, Fla, socialite Jill Kelley is at the heart of an unfolding scandal that has cost Central Intelligence Agency director David H Petraeus his job and ensnared Gen John R Allen as well; Kelley and her husband had carved out a niche for themselves as social hosts to powerful figures in the military, regularly hosting guests from MacDill Air Force Base, which is a driving force behind the Tampa economy. MORE

Nov. 14, 2012

Gen John R Allen, top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has come under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with Jill Kelley, Tampa, Fla, woman whose complaint to FBI set off scandal involving David H Petraeus's extramarital affair. MORE

Oct. 11, 2012

Pres Obama nominates Gen Joseph F Dunford Jr, assistant commandant of Marine Corps, as top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan; Dunford is to replace Gen John R Allen, who is in turn nominated by Obama to replace Adm James G Stavridis as supreme allied commander of NATO. MORE

Jun. 9, 2012

Gen John R Allen travels to Logar Province in Afghanistan to apologize to surviving family members for a coalition airstrike that strike killed 18 civilians. MORE

Mar. 23, 2012

General John R Allen of the Marines, the senior allied commander in Afghanistan, suggests that he might not advocate any further drawdown of the American force in Afghanistan in 2013 following the surge force withdrawal. MORE

Mar. 21, 2012

Gen John R Allen, the top allied commander in Afghanistan, tells Congress that he will not recommend further American troop reductions until late in 2012, after the departure of the current 'surge' forces and the end of the summer fighting season; timetable will allow Pres Obama to defer thorny decisions about the pace of withdrawal until after the presidential election. MORE

Dec. 21, 2011

Gen John R Allen, the senior American commander in Afghanistan, suggests in an interview that American forces could remain in the country beyond 2014 despite Pres Obama's pledge to withdraw them by then. MORE

Nov. 5, 2011

Gen John R Allen, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, relieves Maj Gen Peter Fuller of his duties as deputy commander for Afghan training missions following an interview in which Fuller made inappropriate remarks about Pres Hamid Karzai and the Afghan government. MORE

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